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minus-squareMrPasty@lemmy.sebbem.selinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down2·6 months agoPlastic is made from oil that is pumped up from the earth. This oil contains carbon that eventually gets released into the atmosphere. The climate change is caused by carbon that is pumped up from the earth and released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. Do you have enough imagination to see any kind of connection?
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-26 months agoHonestly though, by far the largest use of oil is as an energy source. 97% of fossil fuels are used as energy source. 3% of fossil fuels are used to make plastics. Source: https://ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-plastics Since the world emits around 54.6 billion tonnes of CO2eq, plastics were responsible for around 3.3% of global emissions. (I hope I understood that article correctly.)
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months agoYeah, I see that. Actually, it’s only about the carbon that is pumped up from the earth. Nothing else matters (with respect to climate change). It’s doesn’t even matter how many trees are cut down, as long as they re-grow.
minus-squareThe Menemen!@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-26 months agoTakes a while for the trees to regrow. So if you burn them, you will still hurt the climate.
Plastic is made from oil that is pumped up from the earth. This oil contains carbon that eventually gets released into the atmosphere.
The climate change is caused by carbon that is pumped up from the earth and released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.
Do you have enough imagination to see any kind of connection?
Honestly though, by far the largest use of oil is as an energy source.
97% of fossil fuels are used as energy source. 3% of fossil fuels are used to make plastics.
Source: https://ourworldindata.org/ghg-emissions-plastics
(I hope I understood that article correctly.)
Yeah, I see that. Actually, it’s only about the carbon that is pumped up from the earth. Nothing else matters (with respect to climate change). It’s doesn’t even matter how many trees are cut down, as long as they re-grow.
Takes a while for the trees to regrow. So if you burn them, you will still hurt the climate.